Jimmy
Kimmel sticks it to Donald Trump in Oscars opening monologue
Kimmel
opens the Academy Awards show with digs at the president and the
political division in the US – as well as his comedy nemesis, Matt
Damon
Lanre Bakare
Monday 27 February
2017 02.14 GMT
Monday 27 February
2017 02.14 GMT Last modified on Monday 27 February 2017 04.09 GMT
Jimmy Kimmel
skewered Donald Trump and the Academy’s record on diversity in his
opening monologue for the Oscars, thanking the president and saying:
“Remember last year when it seemed like the Oscars was racist?”
In a self-effacing
and sarcasm-laden speech, Kimmel, who was hosting the ceremony for
the first time, started by saying how he’d been told he needed to
deliver a message of unity. “This broadcast is being watched live
by millions of Americans and around the world in more than 225
countries that now hate us,” he said.
“The country is
divided right now. People have been telling me I need to say
something to unite us. I’m not the man to unite this country,” he
added, before delivering the only serious part of his monologue.
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After his opening
monologue, Kimmel continued to jab at Trump and his administration
throughout the ceremony. He referred to Ben Carson, Trump’s pick as
secretary of housing and urban development, as Doctor Strange; he
referenced the president’s obsession with “fake news” and joked
that it was nice to have a president who believes in the arts and
sciences while introducing Cheryl Boone Isaacs, president of the
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Kimmel encouraged
speeches that Trump “will tweet about in all caps during his 5am
bowel movement tomorrow”.
The host also
reignited his long-running fake feud with Matt Damon, which began
with his exchanging of parody songs with the actor and Kimmel’s
then girlfriend, Sarah Silverman, in the early noughties.
Kimmel mocked
Damon’s decision to give the lead role in Kenneth Lonergan’s
Oscar-nominated Manchester By The Sea to Casey Affleck. “He gave
that role to his childhood friend Casey Affleck. He handed what
turned out to be an Oscar calibre role over to his friend and made a
Chinese ponytail movie instead, and that movie, The Great Wall, went
on to lose $80m.”
Kimmel also
dedicated a section to Meryl Streep, calling her overrated and
mimicking Donald Trump’s criticism after the actor used a speech at
the SAG awards in January to address the president.
Kimmel introduced
several gimmicks throughout the evening such as showering sweets from
the rafters of the Dolby Theater, and also brought in unsuspecting
tourists who’d been on a Hollywood bus tour.
The host recently
suggested he was considering stepping back from his long running
late-night show on ABC. He told Variety that he was definitely
carrying on for the next three years but after that would consider
doing something else. “I want to go out on my own terms. If I ever
feel like we’re repeating ourselves, I think it’s a good
indication that it’s time.”
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